The Pendulum
Subtitle: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical and Educational Perspectives
Contributors: Michael R. Matthews (Editor); Colin F. Gauld (Editor); Arthur Stinner (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 542
ISBN-13: 9781402035258
Subjects: Education; Education / Teaching; Mechanics - General; PHYSICS; Students & Student Life; Education / Students & Student Life; Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Science & Technology; Science : Mechanics - General; Science : Physics; General; Teaching Methods & Materials - Science & Technology; History; Pendulum; Slingerbeweging; gtt
Description: The pendulum is a universal topic in primary and secondary schools, but its full potential for learning about physics, the nature of science, and the relationships between science, mathematics, technology, society and culture is seldom realised. Contributions to this 32-chapter anthology deal with the science, history, methodology and pedagogy of pendulum motion. There is ample material for the richer and more cross-disciplinary treatment of the pendulum from elementary school, to high school, and through to advanced university classes. Scientists will value the studies on the physics of the pendulum; historians will appreciate the detailed treatment of Galileo, Huygens, Newton and Foucault’s pendulum investigations; psychologists and educators will learn from the papers on Piaget; teachers will welcome the many contributions to pendulum pedagogy. All readers will come away with a new awareness of the importance of the pendulum in the foundation and development of modern science; and for its centrality in so many facets of society and culture.